Jeremiah 12:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

Thy brethren

Yea

Acts 21:28

Though

Psalm 12:2

Proverbs 26:25

Matthew 22:16

General references

Matthew 10:36

Mark 6:4

Bible References

Thy brethren

"Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and do not trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter; and I did not know that they had devised devices against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered."

For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side. "Denounce, and we will denounce him," say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall; "perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him."

His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and couldn't speak peaceably to him.

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away;

I have become a stranger to my brothers, a foreigner to my mother's children.

"As for you, son of man, the children of your people talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, everyone to his brother, saying, 'Please come and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD.'

Do not trust in a neighbor. Do not put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth.

"And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.

They tried to seize him, but they feared the crowd; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

For even his brothers did not believe in him.

Yea

For thus says the LORD to me, "As the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds is called together against him, will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them, so the LORD of hosts will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its heights.

The crowd rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen,

crying out, "Men of Israel, help. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the Law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place."

Though

Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

When his speech is charming, do not believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you are not partial to anyone.

General references

And a man's foes will be those of his own household.

Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house."